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  Amendment 10 Just Made Florida's Counterterrorism Office a Permanent Fixture

  Monday, November 12, 2018 at 8:37 a.m.

  Florida already has a statewide office of counterterrorism. Despite this, an amendment was placed on the November 6 ballot asking voters if they favored the creation of an "office of domestic security and counterterrorism within [the] department of law enforcement."

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  As Broward Votes Trigger Recount, Overseas Voter Says County Botched Her Ballot

  Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

  On Thursday, as a new batch of Broward County ballots was counted, the margins grew tighter in several key Florida races. Those slim margins illustrate the importance of every single vote — but at least one overseas voter in Broward says the county elections office botched her ballot, raising questions about whether it was counted at all.

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  Despite a Terrible Evening for Florida Democrats, Women Like Shalala and Murcasel-Powell Won Big

  Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 10:56 a.m.

  On the back deck of a waterfront seafood restaurant in Cutler Bay last night, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell took the microphone as a congresswoman-elect. With her husband and children by her side, the Ecuadorian-born immigrant and Democrat pledged to work every day to hold the Trump administration accountable. “This election right here...

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  Restoring Felons' Voting Rights Probably Won't Turn Florida Blue

  Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 11:12 p.m.

  A frequently cited study from 2002 says if Florida had allowed felons to vote, Al Gore might have defeated George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. At the time, 827,000 people in Florida had lost the right to vote due to felony convictions. The study's authors theorized that nearly 70 percent would have voted as Democrats, thus potentially changing the course of history.

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  Frank Ocean Pop-Up Offers Free Merch to Voters in Miami Design District

  Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 4:16 p.m.

  Forty-two percent — that's how many eligible voters in the United States usually don't cast ballots. It's a figure Frank Ocean wants to change. Tuesday, the notoriously reclusive singer made a surprise announcement that he was offering free merchandize in four major U.S. cities — including Miami — to anyone who could prove they had voted.

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  Montel Williams Joins Miami Healthcare Rally With Congressional Candidate Mary Barzee-Flores

  Monday, November 5, 2018 at 9 a.m.

  Standing in front of a Miami medical center with Democratic congressional candidate Mary Barzee Flores on a recent weekday, Montel Williams fought tears as he talked about his daughter's two bouts with cancer. "We're very blessed that she survived," said the onetime talk show host. "But she only survived it because she was...